The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 284
... expression than the fair deceiver , but seems to mean the same thing . A proper man , was the ancient phrase for a hand- some man : " This Ludovico is a proper man . " Othello . To set their forms , means , to plant their images , i . e ...
... expression than the fair deceiver , but seems to mean the same thing . A proper man , was the ancient phrase for a hand- some man : " This Ludovico is a proper man . " Othello . To set their forms , means , to plant their images , i . e ...
Page 342
... expression was em- ployed to ridicule the fantastic use of a verb , which is many times as quaintly introduced in the old pieces , as in this play , and in The True Tragedies of Marius and Scilla , 1594 : " A climbing tow'r that did not ...
... expression was em- ployed to ridicule the fantastic use of a verb , which is many times as quaintly introduced in the old pieces , as in this play , and in The True Tragedies of Marius and Scilla , 1594 : " A climbing tow'r that did not ...
Page 381
... expression for made ир , as a bad tailor is called a botcher , and to botch is to make clumsily . JOHNSON . Dr. Johnson is certainly right . A similar expression occurs in Antony and Cleopatra : 66 if you'll patch a quarrel , " As ...
... expression for made ир , as a bad tailor is called a botcher , and to botch is to make clumsily . JOHNSON . Dr. Johnson is certainly right . A similar expression occurs in Antony and Cleopatra : 66 if you'll patch a quarrel , " As ...
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ancient believe Ben Jonson CAIUS called Clown comedy devil doctor doth DUKE edit editor Exeunt Exit fairies Falstaff FARMER fool gentleman Gentlemen of Verona give hath heart heaven honour HOST humour husband Illyria JOHNSON King Henry King Lear knave knight lady letter lord madam maid MALONE Malvolio marry master Brook master doctor means Measure for Measure mistress Anne mistress Ford Mutio old copy old quarto Olivia passage phrase PIST Pistol play pray quarto Queen QUICK quoth Richard III SCENE second folio Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Andrew Sir ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK Sir Hugh Sir John Sir John Falstaff Sir Toby SLEN song speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet tell thee Theobald thou art three merry TYRWHITT Viola WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word